Abelard to Apple : the fate of American colleges and universities / Richard A. DeMillo.

By: DeMillo, Richard AMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011Description: xviii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0262015803 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780262015806 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- United States | Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States | Educational change -- United States | განათლებაDDC classification: 378.73 LOC classification: LA227.4 | .D46 2011
Contents:
Great visions to lure them on -- Are you teaching this summer? -- world of subjective judgments -- smartest kid in class -- twenty-first century -- abundance of choices -- It takes a lot to get us excited -- computer in the cathedral -- Do no harm -- factory -- Disruption -- better means of expressing their goals -- value of a university -- Of majors and memes -- Threads -- Abelard to Apple -- stardom of Leonard Susskind -- Unkept technological promises -- substitute for deep reflection -- process-centered university -- Hacking degrees -- long view -- laws of innovation -- Just change my title to "architect" -- Rules for the twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Great visions to lure them on -- 1. Are you teaching this summer? -- 2. A world of subjective judgments -- 3. The smartest kid in class -- 4. The twenty-first century -- II. An abundance of choices -- 5. It takes a lot to get us excited -- 6. The computer in the cathedral -- 7. Do no harm -- 8. The factory -- 9. Disruption -- III. A better means of expressing their goals -- 10. The value of a university -- 11. Of majors and memes -- 12. Threads -- IV. Abelard to Apple -- 13. The stardom of Leonard Susskind -- 14. Unkept technological promises -- 15. A substitute for deep reflection -- 16. The process-centered university -- 17. Hacking degrees -- V. The long view -- 18. The laws of innovation -- 19. Just change my title to "architect" -- 20. Rules for the twenty-first century.

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